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Course Outline Spring 2018
Course Outline Spring 2018
Course Outline Spring 2018
Engineering Technology
Class Timings
Office Hours
Monday: 1100-1300, Tuesday: 1100-1300, Wednesday: 1100-1300,
Catalog Data
Refining of copper, aluminium and zinc, aluminium alloys, zinc alloys, copper alloys,
brass and bronzes, Metals and alloys for special application.
Corrosion of metals, anti-corrosive coatings and paints, material forms and designation.
Heat treatment, critical temp, transformation on heating/cooling, annealing, normalizing,
tempering, quenching, austempering, hardening, rolling processes and production of
various steel sections such a billet, bar, rod, channel, roll load calculation, British standards
and ASTM standard specification on iron/steel.
Non Metals: composition, properties and uses of ceramics, plastics, rubber, fibreglass
composite materials and polymers.
Polymers: molecular structure, bonding and classification of polymer compounding,
forming operations etc, plastics.
Ceramics and refractories: Ceramic bonding, properties, ceramics material, crystalline
and amorphous, silica, glass etc, refractory materials and their types.
Introduction to Composite Materials.
Recommended Book:
1. Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering: An Integrated Approach,
William D. Callister Jr., John Wiley & Sons Inc. 4th edition
2. The Science and Engineering of Materials by Donald R. Askeland CL Engineering;
6th edition (June 21, 2010)
Reference Books:
1. Engineering Materials Science by Milton Ohring Academic Press (December 1, 1995)
2. Materials Science and Engineering Properties by Charles Gilmore,CL Engineering(2014)
3. Material Science for Engineering Students, Traugott Fischer, Academic Press Elsevier.
4. Understanding Solids: The Science of Materials 2nd Edition, Richard J. D. Tilley, Wiley.
Course Objectives
The objective of the course is to provide the background necessary to make informed decisions
and recommendations concerning the suitability of materials for engineering applications. It
explores the way in which materials are used and the way in which production and fabrication
routes influence their fitness for purpose.
The first segment of the course considers the principal properties of engineering materials that are
of major importance for the practicing mechanical engineer, namely properties such as strength,
toughness, stiffness, and dynamic properties. Following are major millstones:
To help in understanding different types of materials, their structure, chemical make-up and
different macroscopic properties and microscopic properties.
Department of Mechanical Capital University of Science and
Engineering Technology
To understand process of extraction, refining and production of different metals, ferrous and
non-ferrous alloys.
The major categories of engineering materials other than metals and alloys are then introduced:
engineering polymers, engineering ceramics, semiconductors and composites. Emerging
materials such as nanomaterials are also introduced.
The next section covers the common processes available to turn these materials into actual
components, and considers the process itself and the influence of the choice of processing route
itself on material properties, inherent defects, failure analysis etc.
Course Outline
Evaluation Methods
1. Assignments 10%
2. Quizzes 20%
3. Midterm Exam 20%
4. Final Exams 50%